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en-usPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.Study duo find adaptive value of same-sex pairing in Laysan albatross(Phys.org) —A pair of researchers with Pacific Rim Conservation has found that female same-sex pairings of Laysan albatross in Oahu, Hawaii results in more offspring for the colony of birds than if they'd gone it alone. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, the two describe their nine year study of the birds and the unique way they have evolved to handle an unusual situation—females outnumber males by a very large margin.http://phys.org/news304769602.html
BiologyWed, 27 Nov 2013 10:13:34 EDTnews304769602At age 62, albatross hatches a chickThe world's oldest-known wild bird-a 62-year-old albatross on Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean-is also a new mother.http://phys.org/news279539962.html
BiologyFri, 08 Feb 2013 10:10:02 EDTnews279539962Seagulls turn backs on the rest of NZ in favour of the Otago CoastNew Zealand's common fish n chip lovin' seagull increasingly prefers the Otago coast as its home more than anywhere else in New Zealand, a University of Otago study has found.http://phys.org/news278145323.html
BiologyWed, 23 Jan 2013 06:35:28 EDTnews278145323Giant pterosaur needed cliffs, downward-sloping runways to taxi, awkwardly take off into air(Phys.org)—It weighed about 155 pounds and had a 34-foot wingspan, close to the size of an F-16 fighter jet. A five-foot-long skull looked down from a standing height similar to that of a modern giraffe. By all measures, the ancient pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus was a Texas-sized giant of the air and created a frightening shadow as it soared across the sky.http://phys.org/news271517458.html
Other SciencesWed, 07 Nov 2012 13:31:30 EDTnews271517458Albatross 'dynamic soaring' achieved by repeated curve-altitude oscillationAlbatrosses leverage the energy of the wind to fly with essentially no mechanical cost to themselves, very rarely flapping their wings, and new work published Sep. 5 in the open access journal PLOS ONE offers insight into how exactly they accomplish this feat.http://phys.org/news266063732.html
BiologyWed, 05 Sep 2012 17:00:08 EDTnews266063732Featherweight songbird is a long-distance champA tiny songbird weighing just two tablespoons of sugar migrates from the Arctic to Africa and back, a distance of up to 29,000 kilometres (18,000 miles), scientists reported on Wednesday.http://phys.org/news248501905.html
BiologyWed, 15 Feb 2012 04:18:41 EDTnews248501905Filmmaker sounds alarm over ocean of plasticOn Midway atoll in the North Pacific, dozens of young albatross lie dead on the sand, their stomachs filled with cigarette lighters, toy soldiers and other small plastic objects their parents have mistaken for food.http://phys.org/news247378776.html
EarthThu, 02 Feb 2012 04:30:02 EDTnews247378776Asian 'phoenix' lived with the dinosaursPalaeontologists said on Wednesday they had found the fossilised remains of a giant bird that lived in Central Asia more than 65 million years ago, a finding which challenges theories about the diversity of early birds.http://phys.org/news232168270.html
Other SciencesWed, 10 Aug 2011 05:00:06 EDTnews232168270Tsunami killed thousands of seabirds at Midway(AP) -- Thousands of seabirds were killed when the tsunami generated by last week's massive earthquake off Japan flooded Midway, a remote atoll northwest of the main Hawaiian islands, a federal wildlife official said Tuesday.http://phys.org/news219467673.html
BiologyWed, 16 Mar 2011 04:15:10 EDTnews219467673Oldest known wild bird in US returns to Midway to raise chickThe oldest known U.S. wild bird &#150; a coyly conservative 60 -- is a new mother.http://phys.org/news218820210.html
BiologyTue, 08 Mar 2011 15:40:01 EDTnews218820210Lead poisoning threatens a vulnerable albatross population(PhysOrg.com) -- Populations of Laysan albatross face severe declines due to widespread lead poisoning of chicks unless comprehensive cleanup measures gain momentum, according to a recent study.http://phys.org/news175962474.html
BiologyWed, 28 Oct 2009 15:28:55 EDTnews175962474Albatross camera reveals fascinating feeding interaction with killer whaleScientists from British Antarctic Survey, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, and Hokkaido University, Japan, have recorded the first observations of how albatrosses feed alongside marine mammals at sea.http://phys.org/news174110413.html
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